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Rename a file in Java

/* * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002. * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others. * $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $ * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS * BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. * * Java, the Duke mascot, and all variants of Sun's Java "steaming coffee * cup" logo are trademarks of Sun Microsystems. Sun's, and James Gosling's, * pioneering role in inventing and promulgating (and standardizing) the Java * language and environment is gratefully acknowledged. * * The pioneering role of Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup, of AT&T, for * inventing predecessor languages C and C++ is also gratefully acknowledged. */import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; /** * Rename a file in Java * * @author Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/ * @version $Id: Rename.java,v 1.4 2004/02/09 03:33:47 ian Exp $ */publicclass Rename { publicstaticvoid main(String[] argv) throws IOException { // Construct the file object. Does NOT create a file on disk! File f = newFile("Rename.java~"); // backup of this source file. // Rename the backup file to "junk.dat" // Renaming requires a File object for the target.  f.renameTo(newFile("junk.dat")); } }








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